At Book Expo America, the yearly show for publishing professionals, the book that stopped the most people in their tracks was Girl in Dior with oohs and aahs over Goetzinger’s art and the beauty of the quarterbound hardcover presentation. Word started getting around with people coming over to just to see the book:
| GIRL IN DIOR Annie Goetzinger The Girl in Dior is Clara, a freshly hired chronicler, fan of fashion and our guide in the busy corridors of the brand new house of Christian Dior. It’s February 12, 1947 and the crème de la crème of Paris Haute Couture is flocking to the momentous event of Dior’s first show. In a flurry of corolla shaped skirts, the parade of models file down the runway. The audience is mesmerized: it’s a triumph! Carmel Snow of Harper’s Bazaar cries out: “It’s quite a revolution, your dresses have such a new look!“ Dior’s career is launched and Clara’s story begins. Soon, she is picked by Dior himself to be his model… A biography docudrama marrying fiction and the story of one of the greatest couturier in history, it is also a breathless and stunning presentation of his best designs such as Audrey Hepburn or Lauren Bacall wore, rendered by bestselling artist Annie Goetzinger, seen for the first time on this side of the Atlantic. “A portrait full of lightness and class, capable of charming even men, so you can imagine how women will love this.” –Le Figaro “great gift idea” –Elle “A beautiful work, chic, brilliant and moving” –Questions de Femmes “Sumptuous” –Le Nouvel Observateur 8 1/2x 11, 128pp., full color quarterbound, foil stamped and embossed cover, $27.99 |
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